by wbski007 » Fri Jul 23, 2010 11:28 pm
There aren't any traps that I know of in getting a hotter thermostat, I've changed plenty of stats over the years to higher temps and had no problems, here in the states 190 degree thermostat is the highest they sell, what that is in cel, I have no idea, I've used them to get more heat during winter up north, as long as your cooling system is up to par you can go to the highest thermostat they sell over there, will this stop the smoke, your guess is as good as mine, sounds feisable tho, when does it start smoking say in line at a drive thru fast food?? maybe its not oil but too much fuel?? if its fuel, changing the thermosat won't help as you alreay know. I've owned big diesels and I used to let them idle all night to keep the fuel from gelling overnite and to stay warm while sleeping in the bunk, after ideling awhile they would all start smoking but I really never gave it much thought if it was oil or fuel as most trucks back then did it, it was more or less common place to pull in to a truck stop and see maybe 30 trucks ideling with smoke pouring out of their stacks, hey give it a try Alan you got nothing to loose.
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Happy Trails, Wayne